Hi, Kristen! I'm on allergy meds, and I'm having a really hard time writing
this email. <LOL> But I have proofread a couple of books with the BrailleNote,
and it works well. I kept the book in the RTF format and used Computer Braille
when I needed to fix a scanno. Sometimes I marked my place so that I could do
a find/replace to fix certain errors later, and sometimes I fixed them as I
read through the book. A lot of times, when you keep the RTF format, you can
tell when text is centered, and of course you can always tell when there are
multiple lines in parts of the file. Honestly, I haven't played around with
UEB yet, but if you set your Braille-reading options to Grade 2 UeB, you'll be
able to tell where text is bolded or italicized. So far, that may be the only
advantage I've noticed for UEB... it will be great for those wishing to
proofread in Braille for Bookshare! <LOL> Sorry if this doesn't make sense...
But I hope it helps to at least know someone has actually done this. I'm sure
you'll get more responses later. <Smile> All the best... And Merry Christmas!
Jana
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: proofing with braille
Hi, Debra--
Thanks for your response! Yes, I would love to hear from any Braille
proofreaders out there. I can usually see bold and italics if I switch
the RTF to a Braille document, but then I would have to convert it
back and hope the formatting is retained. I could always try that way.
I wonder if I could proofread books the best I can with Braille
(probably mostly grammatical and sentence-level error), then check
them back in for someone else to review the complex formatting
afterwards. Another proofreader would have less work to do after I
finish, but my books could get a second reviewer.
--
Kristen
On 12/21/15, Debra Lessin <dlessin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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I also would like to know if there are any experienced proof readers using
braille. I just started proofing my first book using Jaws and a braille
connect braille display.I am using trial and error to learn how these tools
wil work, or not, to identify the elements that Bookshare needs us to
check.
I am enjoying doing it but will not know how successful I have been until
my
book is checked by Bookshare staff. If you can show italics and bolding on
your braille note I think that will help you. Jaws also announces them with
a separate keystroke. What I have found most helpful so far is having a
Kindle copy of the book to work from so I can check for scannos and
formatting.
Hope that helps a little. Good luck.
